Following the Mexican celebrity’s newest win, Canelo Alvarez has to defeat Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol to be the best once more.
Bivol’s supervisor, Vadim Kornilov, believes Canelo can’t be one of the best round as a result of his two losses. Kornilov, who’s open to a rematch with Canelo in 2025, identified that Mayweather’s absence hinders the plan.
“Canelo has to avenge his losses to Dmitry Bivol and Floyd Mayweather [if he wasn’t retired] earlier than he or they are saying that he’s the best once more,” said Kornilov.
The truth that Mayweather beat Canelo in 2013 and has since retired for one of the best a part of a decade provides the tremendous middleweight champion little alternative for a clear slate. Nevertheless, beating Bivol in Might for the undisputed light-heavyweight crown [if Bivol beats Artur Beterbiev on October 12 for all the belts] would go a protracted option to inserting Canelo again on high of the game.
With a resume higher than any lively boxer, Canelo’s solely situation is his latest opponents and blemishes. For that motive, Canelo sits in fourth place within the Pound for Pound Rankings and hasn’t moved for the reason that Bivol loss in 2022.
The Mayweather defeat, which got here through a call on the MGM Grand when Canelo was solely 23, nonetheless hurts probably the most. Canelo discovered loads and took Mayweather’s blueprint and dates within the aftermath, however the truth that he’s received zero likelihood to achieve revenge will all the time irk the previous undisputed king.
Many would argue that Canelo additionally misplaced to Gennadiy Golovkin, at the least as soon as however perhaps twice earlier than a compelling victory within the trilogy when ‘GGG’ was older and slower.
With Golovkin additionally out of the image as a rival, Canelo should give attention to Bivol in the meanwhile and ignore calls to battle Terence Crawford or Chris Eubank Jr. Just one occasion issues in Might 2025, and that’s a revenge mission towards Bivol on the earth’s struggle capital of Las Vegas.
Bivol should overcome Artur Beterbiev subsequent month to arrange one of many sport’s most vital fights for the spring. Canelo will start because the underdog in a struggle for under the second time in his profession.
If Canelo can beat the formidable Russian for all of the 175 titles, he’ll regain the P4P primary spot for the primary time in three years.
Floyd Mayweather, although, will nonetheless be the one which received away.
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